In Search of a Community in an Atomised World?

[garbon]

You want me to be sad about getting rid of refuse? No, thanks.

Lettow is one of the most unique people here, writes well and is amusing, making him one of the most valued posters we got. It would be awful if he left.

I would love to see more winding babble about the glorious confederacy and how black people should be forced to live apart in autonomously governed. Not.

[grumbler]

Luckily, there are other fora that promote that

Such as?

Even in politicalforum.com, people can disagree without the hivemind telling them that disagreements are boring.

[Tamas]

Heh, you guys are getting old.

Remember how we used to greet new blood while they were actually arriving? This place was never about polite discourse. Somebody would post their opinion on something and 5 other guys would slide into it with both legs.

I blame 3 things for any loss of quality:
1. There is nothing left to really discuss. Those who remain, we have known each other and chatted daily, for about 14 years now. I hardly look at the name of the poster anymore, the style totally gives it away.
2. I think the radicalisation of politics over the last few years are really trickling down to us. Any slight deterrence from the tribal cannon is viewed with extreme suspicion previously unseen in this place.
3. The points above mean that only the core bothers to post, further amplifying those two points creating a feedback loop.

[DGuller]

Heh, you guys are getting old.

Remember how we used to greet new blood while they were actually arriving? This place was never about polite discourse. Somebody would post their opinion on something and 5 other guys would slide into it with both legs.

I blame 3 things for any loss of quality:
1. There is nothing left to really discuss. Those who remain, we have known each other and chatted daily, for about 14 years now. I hardly look at the name of the poster anymore, the style totally gives it away.
2. I think the radicalisation of politics over the last few years are really trickling down to us. Any slight deterrence from the tribal cannon is viewed with extreme suspicion previously unseen in this place.
3. The points above mean that only the core bothers to post, further amplifying those two points creating a feedback loop.

I think we need to excise the word "tribalism" from our dictionary.  This "tribalism" talk is just another branch of false balance fallacy, and it promotes radicalization rather than fight it by making it easier to move the Overton window. 

Unfortunately right now we live in the day and age where one political wing has deliberately embraced lack of reason and full-on appeal to emotion and intolerance, definitely in US but not solely there.  You can't have acceptance of right wing ideology as it is today while still be refusing to suffer fools gladly.  It's not a good world to be living in, but this forum would lose its identity if we allowed present day right wing idiocy to go unmolested for the sake of diversity of political views.

[Grallon]

Like any private club this place is mostly devoted to circle jerking for the initiates.



G.

[garbon]

Like any private club this place is mostly devoted to circle jerking for the initiates.



G.

Oh fuck off.

[Eddie Teach]

I had to look at Tamas's name. Changes his avatar too often.

Btw, garbon, I still have no idea what the spinning cows are supposed to signify. 

[Ed Anger]

Life is too short to argue stupid shit with a bunch of assburgers.

[The Brain]

Like any private club this place is mostly devoted to circle jerking for the initiates.



G.

Oh fuck off.

You guys are in the same tribe you know.

[Josquius]

People leaving is a bad thing (tm).

And yes. Playing debate club is also bad.

[Jacob]

Languish is dying.

[The Minsky Moment]

Like so many of you monkeys when you finally discover pussy, Lettow has been pretty much AWOL and has only 15 posts since March. 

So let's not get all bent out of shape with our bad short-term memory.  That's like saying you'll miss Ideologue or fahdiz now.  Going is gone.

What ever happened to Ideologue anyways?  World seems to be moving in his direction.

[The Minsky Moment]

Malthus' new art thread is worth the price of admission on its own.
See even after a decade there's still something new to learn.

[derspiess]

Languish is dying.

But this time for real!

[Eddie Teach]

Languish is dying.

But this time for real!

It's a process.